Colonel SANDEMAN ALLENasked the Minister of Health whether the maternal mortality returns from his Ministry include those caused by abortions; and what percentage of those figures are due to illegal abortions?
§ Sir K. WOODThe published statistics of maternal mortality in England and Wales (deaths classified to pregnancy and child-bearing) include deaths due to abortion or miscarriage with the exception of those classified to criminal abortion on a coroner's certificate, which are separately shown. Full analyses of all forms of maternal mortality and fatal abortion are annually included in the Text Volume of the Registrar-General's Statistical Review.